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WCDT Strips 3546 to 3550 (14th to 18th August 2017)
Nunavuter:
A minor observation regarding the convenience store: it seems in the future they have to put tobacco products in cabinets so as to conceal the packages. Displaying tobacco products was banned in Canada in 2008 so the sort of cabinets depicted behind May are universal. A while back Pintsize had a stack of Canadian Tire money, and now we see that the convenience store May works at keeps smokes in tobacco cabinets. Something odd is happening in the Massachusetts of the future. What's next? Selling milk in 4-L bags? :)
pwhodges:
Note that Jeph himself moved to Canada two years ago, so his perspective might have changed a bit.
Stoutfellow:
It occurred to me to wonder whether, in the QCverse, Massachusetts (and perhaps other northeastern states) have seceded and joined Canada, but then I remembered that Jimbo "ain't allowed in Canada ever again", so... Come to think of it, how long has it been since we saw Jimbo?
brasca:
--- Quote from: TheEvilDog on 15 Aug 2017, 07:27 ---
--- Quote from: brasca on 15 Aug 2017, 06:35 ---I might be more sympathetic with May if she wasn't responsible for her current state. Perhaps she could've gained a function chassis at some point, but she chose to embezzle enough money to buy a flight capable model which got her sent to AI jail. Yes Winslow has a benefactor, but she also benefited from Dale's patience and generosity.
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So even though May has paid her debt to society in Robot Jail, she still has to suffer?
Winslow walking in and showing off his new chassis would feel like that, showing off. Gloating. A reminder of everything that May has lost.
Remember, May isn't living with Dale because they got partnered up through a service. Its because she's still a parolee and needs a secure and steady address to live as part of her parole. And her body is still falling apart and she probably still has to keep that as part of her parole. So the fact that May still has to jump through hoops for anything but an AI like Winslow can just ask to get a new chassis and gets to show it off, would be a huge blow to her self esteem.
Is she right to shout at Winslow like that? Maybe not.
Is she right to feel angry that her life has turned to crap because of her own mistakes? Yeah.
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Yes she paid her debt, but that doesn't change her culpability for her current state. Someday Corpse Witch will have paid her debt one day and may be in a similar spot. How many would be sympathetic with her plight?
While we're on the subject of privilege let's consider Winslow's benefactor, Hannelore. She has the money to buy this since her parents are super rich and she can ask them for money. She's only a barista because she wants to live a normal life to overcome her anxieties. If she were disowned the situation would be quite different. By May's logic Hannelore is a rich girl slumming it and yet she's said nothing like that to her. Perhaps her admiration blinds her.
hakko504:
--- Quote from: Stoutfellow on 15 Aug 2017, 08:39 ---Come to think of it, how long has it been since we saw Jimbo?
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